Some feel the sewer system didn't perform well enough ... Matt Rudkin, chief meteorologist at WSBT-TV, said South Bend saw nearly 8 inches of liquid precipitation last month.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WSBT) — South Bend is getting a multi-million-dollar upgrade to its sewer system. The South Bend Common Council on Monday night unanimously approved up to $36 million in bonds ...

SOUTH BEND — Property owners may soon be required to disconnect from the city’s sanitary sewer system all stormwater drains and downspouts. A proposed ordinance before the Common Council sets ...

SOUTH BEND — To the public works director’s dismay, the common council Monday delayed action on a proposed new $2 monthly fee to help modernize the city’s aging sewer system. Eric Horvath is ...

Under the streets of South Bend, Ind., a high tech experiment is underway. This sewer system is smart. The infrastructure can sense flow and divert water to prevent flooding. It's part of a ...

On Monday, June 16, the intersection at Northside Boulevard and Clover Street will be closed to repair a sanitary sewer.

The city’s smart sewer system was designed by EmNet, a water-management company in South Bend that was launched in 2004 under a partnership with the city, University of Notre Dame and Purdue ...

The source of the spill appears to be a broken underground line—a failed stormwater sewer connection that had previously been separated and abandoned at the South Bend ethanol plant. Reports ...

But South Bend is among the pioneers. “Most cities in the US have some aspect of control in their sewer system,” says Branko Kerkez, who researches smart-water systems as a professor of civil ...